Chiazom Emezue
1 min readMay 2, 2021

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Photo by Tomas Jasovsky on Unsplash

The Silhouette

Striving to fill this void so desperately
this never ending chasm
cramming all sorts in

Just keep pushing
a little more, she said
a little more, the voice echoed
as it faded away

Balance is the key
find the balance
your balance
her voice so enticingly sonorous
lulled all my fears away

But the more I chased after
this silhouette of perfection
The more my heart longed after it

I am but a second late
catching the whiff of her perfume
Her aura spreads out around me

It goes up
like smoke from a bonfire
Oh! how I want to dance in it

How I want to condense
this mystic aura of perfection
and drown in it

I let the aura of this strange mysterious woman
lead me on
There’s something so magical about this moment
almost sinister

It’s like opening the door to your soul
and letting a complete stranger
dip her finger into your already murky waters

And letting her mold you
into a splitting replica
of herself

An effigy of some sort

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Chiazom Emezue

A sojourner on this blue earth with a passion for books, poetry and beauty. Navigating life whilst living my truth one chapter at a time.